I think her wearing it in that way made it wearable for so many.” She never took it up to her eyelid, which would create an entirely different effect altogether. “She kept it close to the lash line, enhancing the iris by creating this monochromatic tonal effect on the eye. “In the ’80s, blue eyeliner was about pulling out or brightening up naturally blue eyes,” explains makeup artist and Tatcha’s first-ever global director of artistry Daniel Martin, who famously gave Meghan Markle her natural wedding-day glow. Plus, her pared-back approach to a decidedly bold color statement brought a real-world sensibility to the look. Oh, the contrast! Yes, I know it was the ’80s and that it was the banner decade for colorful makeup, but for a woman of her stature, to me, it always seemed kind of punk, a means of subtly railing against the royal system. But of all her signatures, the one that has always stuck out to me was her ’80s-era proclivity for swipes of electric blue eyeliner most strikingly worn with one of her sparkling diamond tiaras. As a kid of the ’90s, I, like many, have always been taken with Princess Diana’s beauty, grace, and glamor. The new season of The Crown, which comes out next week, is only sparking more intrigue around the ways in which she bucked royal tradition with a self-assured attitude and distinct codes of self-expression. “Some don’t like that, but that’s the way I am.” More than two decades since her untimely death, the public’s long-standing fascination with her-as a royal, a humanitarian, a style icon, and an unapologetic rebel-has yet to wane. “I like to be a free spirit,” Princess Diana once said.
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